Furniture support



Nov. 8, 1932. F. BRABSON FURNITURE SUPPORT Filed Dec. 18, 1928 Zlwuwngoz flank Braloson,

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Patented Nov. 8, 1932 rnnnl'runnf sUProR'r Application filed IDecen ber 18, 1928. Serial IiIo. f326,859.

The invention relates to foot devices and supports for furniture, and has for its object to provide a-simple set of appliances to be set under the feet of an article of furn1ture,so constructed as to preventthe furniture-from permanentlyto the floor or other parts of the building. 7 r j It is general practice at this time to cover reasons, and it is a: particular object of this invention to provide a: foot andsupport de= vice: especially operative in positioning fur niture upon hnoleum'floors. A further important aim is to evolve a form of device which will present an attractive appearance and fit snugly Various sizes of standard sanitary desk and'other furniture legs without requiring corresponding variations in the sizes of the supports constructed inaccordance with my invention. A further 'lmportant object-is to present an improved manue facture in such an appliance to the end'that it-may be producectwith a minimum weight of material, giving the advantages of adequate size and efficiency with a minimum use of material. V r 7 Additional objects, advantages and featuresnof invention reside in the construction and coordination of the 'devi'ce with furniture, as will be understood'from the followwherein Figure 1 is a top view of ing my invention. t

Figure 2 is a side viewthereof. V Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevation of a sanitary leg of furniture having my invening disclosures and accompanying drawing,-

a support embodytion appliedthereto.

Figure 4: is a plan view illustrating the use of my invention'on a desk,'table or the like, showing the parts in their position and relationship upon the floor with the furniture removed. g

a Figure 5 is a top view of a'modified form of the device;

Figure 6, is a side view thereof applied to a furniture leg.

. Figure 7 is a plan of a sheet of metal stock the sheet stock to. form I Figure 8." floors with linoleum, for quietness and other showing a-seriesof blanks for forming the modification of Figure 5, the blanks being in a position illustrating their relation to each other by'which economy of material is efiected in the blanking.

being easily displaced from a predetermined position, although not fixing the furnlture further modification. v

y F igure, 9 is a view of the blanks as cut from Figure 10 illustrates a preferred form of spur for the first'described device; 7 V f Figure 11 illustrates the mannerof formingithe spurs forthe forms in Figures v.5

F igure 12 is a plan view similar to FigureL Q There is illustrated a furniture support intended for stabilizing furniture in posi- -tions selected, so that it maynot be casually moved about ordinarily, to the end that the scratching offloors and scarring of lino- Qleum will beprevented asfwell as derange ment of office plan prevented; a

*{As shown in Figures 1 to 4 .in'cliisive,lthe

'appliance comprises a substantially" jplaniform rectangular plate 20 having seaweedj acent sides upstanding. integral flanges 21 coextensive with the respective sidesof the plates 20 and joined with'each other at their junction'fas shown; I The plates and inner sides of the flanges are smoothly finished so that the'foot of an article of furniture may be readily set therein, and in the present instance, especially, the foot of a sanitaryoffice' furniture leg 24 which is'customarily square ,in cross section; The plate 20 is formed with a large circular opening 22 to lighten the appliance materially, butmore particularly pe'rin'itting the device tob e centered on a'center mark which be formed upon a floor for theposition of theleg on an article" of furniture. On thelower side of the plate 20 there are formed integrally a number of symmetrically spaced spurs or nodules2'3. These points or spurs have blunt ends,and are of just suflicient length to. sink partway through standard. oflice linoleum whereby the "support is fixed against lateral movement upon thefloor. In case apiece of the modification of v UNITED. STATES PATENT; OFFICFEF 1 F gure .8 1s a view slmlla-r to Flgure 5 of-a furniture supported thereby is lifted and removed, the spurs wlll remainln place so that furniture may be replaced exactly in its former position when desired. Also, in case of cleaning or refinishing of a floor, the fine marks left by the spurs will enable replacewith retaining flanges. As sho'wn,'the flanges 21 are so located as to lie nezrtto thefl'outer boundaries of the area'which will be covered by the article offurniture when placed, and-v m that way these flanges are arranged on four sides ofa rectangle corresponding to the area coveredby the furniture.

In the formation ofthespurs 23 it. is possible by forming a small annular recess 25; in the-lower side of the plate around each spur to provide space in which the material is displaced when the spurpenetrates it, may

rise around the spurs into the recess 25in-- stead of being pressed outwardly and away from the original position, and flattened by the weight of the furniture or the like; In consequence, it it is desired to change'the position of an article of furniture carried by my support, upon removal of the support device from the linoleum the small raised,

portion of linoleum around the apertures formed by the spurs 23 may be pressed downwardly with any flat instrument, so that the apertures will be again closed and no materlal markvwill then show upon the surface or the linoleum v i V For furniture with round legs, the plate 20 would be made circular in form, andia'single flange 21 formed on'one side thereof ex tending over an arc of less thanlSO degrees, as indicated in Figure 12. The parts are used in a way corresponding to the use of the first described form of the deviceshown in F igure 4, the flanges 21 being located next to the outer corners of the rectangle corresponding to the area covered by the furniture, i

In Figure 5 there is shown a modificatio of the device which may be stamped from sheet metal and having certain peculiar advantages. The blank for the device is substantially rectangular, having pointed lobelike portions 26 at each corner the sides of which are rectilinear at their outer parts and meet at right angles, and terminate inwardly in an ogee-shaped edge forming a continuation of the intervening edge 28 between mutually adjacent lobes, The edge 28 corresponds to the side of the bottom plate of the completed article. The ogee shaped edge of each lobe is located about one-quarter of the distance from the projected corner of the completed article laid out on the blank for a reason which will become apparent. Spurs 2! are struck downward from the body 20 of the blank. In the stamping of the spur 27 an additional portion of material is struck out beside the base of the spur so as to form an enlargement of the slot froinwhich the spur is struck, at each side of the spur, as at 1'30." In addition,-the;material in the-base of each spur is raised as at 31 slightly above the planeof the plate 29, and thence recurved downwardly, the spur being formed as a planiform'niember prof ecting at right angles to the plane of the plateQOT. By this oliset 31', space is provided within which material of linoleum penetrated by the spur may rise slightly beside the spur, so that when the device is removed from the floor the portion of linoleum raised'around the opening formedby the spur may bev pressed doumwardly again so as to close the opening and eliminate niarring of a linoleum surface.

- It is to be noted that the parts ofthe lobes which project beyond a continuation of .a line at the edge 28 exactly correspond to the space V between the lobes of the blankvat each side line their abuttinglobes project at each side 111 a form corresponding to the shape of the recess or space 32 between the lobes oneach blank.

For the provision of a device; corresponding to that shown in Figure l, stamped from sheet metal, I haveshown in Figure 8 aform in which the body plate of the blank is formed as a substantially rectangular memberhaving the spurs struck therefrom as be- .ii'ore described, and a lobe 36 at one corner only, towform flanges on two intersecting edges only, differing from the flanges 26 of the last described modification in that these flanges are of greater extent horizontally than those shown in Figures 5 and 6, ex tending over one-half of thesides of the blank. As shown in Figure 9, this form of the. device may be struck from stock without any waste whatever between the blanks. In

the form shown in. Figure 7 waste would be involved in parts struck from between-mutually adj acentblanks in each line series, but

this waste is entirely eliminated in the last mentioned modification. I have shown in Figure 9 a large lobe 36 of this blank'ofan extent and shape at each side which corresponds exactly to the recessed edge thereadjacent, so that whentwo blanks are laid-edge to edge the lobe of eachmay set .into the either casting or'stamping from sheet metal,

recess edge of the other. The arrangement of the projected blanks in the stock by the last described method corresponds to diagonal series of blanks,the points ofthe lobe in one blank being located at the'corner of another blank diagonally opposite the lobe in the last mentioned blank, and so on throughout the series, with alternating series in which the points of the lobes are extended a in the opposite direction.

- The last mentioned form of the device is to be used in the same manner as described in v connection with Figure 4, above, as Will be readily understood. It has the advantage of a being very light and being adapted to adequately stabilize furniture with'a small cor ner flange, while having suflicient anchorage efficiency. V In the various forms of the device described the number and size of the spurs may be varied to suit requirements, as will be readily understood. If desired, the device may be formed withflanges on all four sides, by

in which event the device may be used as a substitute for the brass fitting customarily attached to the feet of sanitary legs of ofiice furniture and'the like, but being shaped so that it does not require permanent attach ment to the leg. Its use as to the anchorage spurs might be found undesirable While on display, or during shipment, when the spurs might be damaged, owing to the fact that they are of an extremely'small size in order that penetration of'linoleum will occur to a slight extent and displacement of material of the linoleum laterally be caused in a minimum degree consistent with the uses 1n v tended.

I claim: 7 1 In a furniture support, a floor covering,

and a furniture engaging andlocating rest 7 comprising a body plate adapted tobe set I under the leg of an articleof furniture, said plate having furniture leg locating upstanding extensions defining a part ofthe boundary of the plate shaped to receive a leg therebeside for free vertical movement, and permitting lateral projection of the leg beyond the plate at opposite parts, said plate having pentrating projections thereon to penetrate said floor covering, said plate having a bottom face of an extent to rest upon the major part of the area of the said floor covering within the boundary of the rest and recessed about the bases of said pro ections to form an encircling space permitting up- 7 ward displacement of the material of the floor covering due to the entry of the projections, so that it may be later pressedback to tend to close the depression caused by entry of the projections.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature.

' FRANK BRABSON. 

